#ADAA52#ADAA52

#ADAA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA52
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 52.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -11.04, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 46.48, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0326 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.111 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1322, 38.2438, 13.6175)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA52 #5255AD

analogous

#AD7D52 #ADAA52 #82AD52

triadic

#ADAA52 #52ADAA #AA52AD

tetradic

#ADAA52 #52AD7D #5255AD #AD5282

square

#ADAA52 #52AD7D #5255AD #AD5282

split-complementary

#ADAA52 #5282AD #7D52AD

monochromatic

#5A582B #83813E #ADAA52 #C1BE7C #D4D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#ADAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA52

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA52	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c385',
    500: '#adaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa52;
$custom-light: #c7c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.022,
    "s": 35.686,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72203,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA52

secondary

#999AC2

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA52

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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